#AC5E2C#AC5E2C

#AC5E2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.120 H 50.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AC5E2C
RGB	rgb(172, 94, 44)
HSL	hsl(23, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(23, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.3%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 27.75, 41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 49.87, 56.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.076 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.12 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4725, 16.9603, 4.5253)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AC5E2C #2C7AAC

analogous

#AC2C3A #AC5E2C #AC9E2C

triadic

#AC5E2C #2CAC5E #5E2CAC

tetradic

#AC5E2C #3AAC2C #2C7AAC #9E2CAC

square

#AC5E2C #3AAC2C #2C7AAC #9E2CAC

split-complementary

#AC5E2C #2CAC9E #2C3AAC

monochromatic

#4B2913 #7B4320 #AC5E2C #D07C46 #DC9E76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#AC5E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#AC5E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AC5E2C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AC5E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AC5E2C	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC4E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ac5e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(172, 94, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.120 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8c68',
    500: '#ac5e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ac5e2c;
$custom-light: #cb8c68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ac5e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 172,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.438,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56386,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AC5E2C

secondary

#70A3C4

accent

#A5E245

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EB

border

#D3CBC6

text

#140C06

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AC5E2C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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